“money for nothing” dire straits

The instrument that featured on the cover of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms is still very much in use.

After four Top 5 albums, Dire Straits were doing well but were hardly a household name. That all changed when they made Brothers In Arms . Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Guy Fletcher take us back.

It’s standard to link Brothers In Arms retrospectively – and somewhat haughtily – with helping usher in the CD era and its accompanying baggage: MTV, Sloane Rangers, yuppies and the progression from M

I’ve never had a CD player.” From a member of Dire Straits, this sounds like sacrilege. Their fifth album Brothers In Arms was synonymous with the rise of compact discs: one of the first major release

A brilliant new documentary reflects on the world’s biggest music concert 40 years on…

In 1976, Gentle Giant released their only official live album, Playing The Fool – The Official Live. Nearly 50 years later, it’s been reimagined in an immersive experience that reproduces the entire concert as if the listener is in the audience. Derek Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear and John Weathers give Prog the lowdown and reflect on the original’s legacy.